Police Minister, General Bheki Cele has again made a call to the South African Police Service to continue to fast track the accessibility to a police officer or policing services for all South Africans and those who live within our boarders.
This as the Police Minister and the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service together with the Mpumalanga MEC for Community Safety security and Liaison, Vusi Shongwe, on Monday 18 October 2021, opened a state of the art police station in Daggakraal in Mpumalanga.
As part of efforts by the South African Police Service to bring services and resources closer to the people, the newly unveiled police station boasts amongst other things, a community service centre, holding cells and victim friendly rooms (VFR) to accommodate victims and survivors of Gender Based Violence. 51 Operational and non-operational officers will report to work at this station to better service the 35 thousand strong Daggakraal community.
The occasion of the official opening of the Daggakraal police station also saw the Police Ministry and the SAPS top management conduct a community engagement session, to better understand and respond to the needs of people living in and around the area.
The Daggakraal police station joins the list of 1 159 police stations that are servicing communities across the country.